Sarah spruiks Palin English

One time Republican vice-presidential candidate – the still very visible Sarah Palin – coined the term when explaining what she wanted Barack Obama to do about claims that the conservative American group, the Tea Party, was racist.

Warming to the word, the United States media says she used it again on her Twitter page.

It was her advice to “peaceful Muslims", telling them they should reject the idea of a mosque near the World Trade Centre site in New York.

Palin later pointed out that plenty of famous writers and thinkers had invented new words that had enriched the language.